Four-Parameter Display Functions
The @&ZJ menu allows you to enable the auxiliary channels and configure a four-parameter
display. This section describes those functions in the @Z&jT) menu which affect the
four-parameter display. See "Using the Four-Parameter Display Mode" in Chapter 2 for the
procedure to set up a four-parameter display.
A full two-port calibration must be active before an auxiliary channel can be enabled. A full
two-port calibration can be performed before enabling the auxiliary channels, or it may be
recalled from a previously saved instrument state. If a full two-port calibration is recalled from
an instrument state, you may have to change some of the parameters of the recalled state so
that you can test your device.
enables channel 3 and its trace appears on the display. Channel 4 is similarly enabled and
viewed when channel 2 is active.
An important point to remember about the auxiliary channels is that they always have the
same stimulus parameters as their primary channels. See "Channel Stimulus
in this chapter.
Customizing the Display
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Channel Position Softkey
Channels 1 and 2 overlayed in the top graticule, and channels 3 and 4 are overlaid in the
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bottom graticule.
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